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Le Casse
Theatrical poster
Directed byHenri Verneuil
Written byDavid Goodis (novel)
Henri Verneuil
Vahé Katcha
Produced byHenri Verneuil
StarringJean-Paul Belmondo
Omar Sharif
Robert Hossein
Dyan Cannon
CinematographyClaude Renoir
Edited byPierre Gillette
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
Columbia Films
Vides Cinematografica
Distributed byColumbia Films
Columbia Pictures (USA)
Release dates
27 October 1971 (France)
14 June 1972 (USA)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryFrance / Italy
LanguageFrench / English
Box office4,410,120 admissions (France)[1]

Le Casse (US title: The Burglars) is a 1971 movie directed by French director Henri Verneuil, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Omar Sharif, Dyan Cannon and Robert Hossein. It is based on the 1953 novel by David Goodis and revolves around a team of four burglars chased by a corrupt cop in Athens. It's a remake of the 1957 film The Burglar with Jayne Mansfield.

The movie is known for its spectacular car chase and Belmondo's incredible fall from a construction truck down a steep, rocky hillside. The movie was shot twice, once in French and once in English, by the same cast.

Plot

Azad (Jean-Paul Belmondo), Ralf (Robert Hossein) and 2 other accomplices rob a suitcase of emeralds from a rich Greek citizen, M.Tasco. When Abel Zacharia (Omar Sharif), the Athenian police chief, surprises Azad's car in front of Tasco's house on the night of the robbery, he decides to let Azad and his team go, hoping he could retrieve the emeralds for himself. Follows a chase between Azad and the corrupt cop through Athens' streets which culminates to the final scene which will be later borrowed by Witness in 1985.

Cast

Rated G (general audience) in France

References

  1. ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story